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LASI-Pilot DATA
Announcement
We are pleased to announce the release of data from the 2010 pilot wave
of the Longitudinal Aging Study in India (LASI). LASI is
a survey of persons at least 45 years of age in India
and their spouses regardless of age. Its primary
objective is to gather longitudinal data on the social,
economic, and health situation of older people
throughout India, in an effort to provide policymakers
with information needed to improve the lives of the
elderly.
For the pilot study, a
representative sample of 1,683 individuals was
interviewed in four states (Karnataka, Kerala, Punjab,
and Rajasthan) during October – December 2010. The
survey instrument, which is conceptually comparable to
that of the Health and Retirement Study (of the United
States) and its sister surveys in Asia, will also
capture population characteristics specific to India.
The multidisciplinary survey includes:
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Demographics
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Family structure
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Social networks,
activities, and connectedness
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Health and health
behaviors
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Health insurance and
health care utilization
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Cognition
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Well-being
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Labor force participation
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Income, consumption, and
assets
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Pensions and retirement
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Housing and physical environment
The pilot data can be downloaded from
https://mmicdata.rand.org/megametadata/?section=study&studyid=36
An innovative feature of
the LASI pilot survey instrument is the use of a wide
range of direct health measurements, including blood
pressure, pulse rate, gait speed, grip strength,
balance, and vision. The pilot survey also collected
dried blood spots, which are currently being assayed for
C-reactive protein, d hemoglobin, hemoglobin,
and Epstein-Barr virus antibodies. When the assay is
complete, biomarker data will be released via the same
website.
Funded by the National
Institute on Aging (R21 AG032572), LASI is a
collaboration between the Harvard School of Public
Health, the International Institute for Population
Sciences, and the RAND Corporation.
An overview of the conception,
content, and results of the 2010 LASI pilot survey,
“Longitudinal Aging Study in India:
Vision, Design, Implementation, and Some Early Results”
by P. Arokiasamy, D. Bloom, J. Lee, K. Feeney, and M. Ozolins
appears at
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/pgda/WorkingPapers/2011/PGDA_WP_82.pdf
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